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Yesterday, Fireclean's counsel filed a motion opposing my motion to dismiss their lawsuit against me in the Arizona District Court. This comes on the heels of their poorly strategized motion opposing the length of my motion being shot down in flames by the same judge who'll eventually rule on the case itself. In their latest motion, Fireclean seems to make two main points: 1. I, Andrew Tuohy, am for real a competitor of Fireclean and 2. This topic is not a matter of public concern. In order to prove the… Read More

So there I was at Williams-Sonoma, looking at copper serving trays marked with warnings not to actually use them for serving while my girlfriend shopped for magic sponges and $15/lb candy. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a fat man in a bright chartreuse shirt barged in between us to look at something on a shelf - not very politely, I might add. I immediately noticed that 1) the back of his shirt read "!WARNING! I SHOT THE LAST TAILGATER!" and 2) he was open carrying a Glock 19/23 in a Safariland… Read More

When I received an email offering a product called MantisX for review, I said to myself, "what the heck is a MantisX?" Now I know, and I'm excited for what MantisX portends.

More support is needed. Fireclean has subpoenaed me in their lawsuit against George Fennell. They are seeking every last sliver of information regarding this topic that I might have, including but certainly not limited to "all communications between you and anyone else that pertain or refer to Fireclean." I am represented in this matter by Dan Barr (the author of a book on reporter's privilege) and Katherine May of PerkinsCoie. I don't know that I could possibly have better representation for this challenge, a statement I would also make about… Read More

As reported a few weeks back, Magistrate Judge Nachmanoff of the Eastern District of Virginia denied all of Fireclean's jurisdictional discovery requests on June 14, 2016. Fireclean is appealing the Magistrate Judge's opinion under what's called a Rule 72 objection, and you should read what they have to say.  Our objection to their objection is here. The next major event in the case is scheduled for July 14, 2016, when a hearing will be held on our motion to dismiss the case. Here is our brief in support of said motion. This link, and the… Read More

Yesterday, Magistrate Judge Nachmanoff of the Eastern District of Virginia handed down the first substantive ruling in the lawsuit filed by Fireclean. In order to support their lawsuit, Fireclean had asked the court to force me to turn over all kinds of financial and other information, including about my subscribers. They also sought information as to any servers that might host my blog in Virginia as well as communications with Virginia residents relating to the blog. Their most confusing discovery request was for copies of communications with Fireclean. On this… Read More

I realize that articles regarding sexual assault on campus are not normally found on my blog. Nor is this a topic which my readers, if they were aware of the specific case to be discussed, were likely to be sitting by their computers waiting for my opinion on the matter. However, as you will see, I have strongly held personal beliefs regarding this topic and feel it is an appropriate time to discuss them. This weekend I have been reading about a guy named Brock Turner, a former swimmer at… Read More

Today my super awesome legal team at LSKS filed a response to the Fireclean v. Tuohy lawsuit. You may read the Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss here. To condense the positions: - Fireclean filed in Virginia, but cannot establish a reasonable justification for a Virginia court to have jurisdiction over me; - Most of my statements were either not defamatory or opinions protected by the First Amendment; - Despite saying the word "malice" a lot, they are unable to allege or prove any actual malice - that is, that I… Read More

Recently I discovered that myself and Everett Baker were being sued by FireClean for publishing the results of scientific testing of their product along with, among other things, canola oil. I have set up a GoFundMe page for a legal defense fund here. A major thrust of their suit is that I claimed or implied their product was Crisco. If you will recall from the first article, I clearly stated "I did not – and still do not – believe that FireClean is Crisco..." When TFB posted an article titled in part… Read More

Last year, in early August to be specific, I wrote an article about why Americans shouldn't be shamed into feeling bad about our country's use of nuclear weapons against Japan at the end of World War II. This article was in specific response to the inundation of media articles I saw at the time discussing how, I perceived, the US was so horrible for using nuclear weapons - but their use was written about in a vacuum, without proper, or in most cases, any context regarding why we decided to use nuclear… Read More